he smiled ahe goldeo his mouth. then
he d said, ”alas! ear wax!”
madam pomfrey, the nurse, was a nia.
”just five minutes,” harry pleaded.
”absolutely not.”
”you let professor dumbledore in...”
”well, of course, that was the headmaster, quite different. you
.”
”i am resting, look, lying dowhing. oh, go on,
madam pomfrey...”
”oh, very well,” she said. ”but five minutes only.”
a ron and hermione in.
”harry!”
hermioo fling her arms around him again, but
harry was glad she held herself in as his head was still very sore.
”oh, harry, we were sure y to -- dumbledore was
so worried --”
”the whole schools talking about it,” said ron. ”what really
happened?”
it was ohose rare os wheory is even
me ahan the wild rumors. harry told them
everythihe mirror; the stone; a. ron and
hermione were a very good audiehey gasped i
plad when harry told them what was under quirrells turban,
hermio loud.
”so the stones gone?” said ron finally. ”flamels just going
to die?”
”thats what i said, but dumbledore thinks that -- what was
it? -- to the well-anized mih is but the
adventure.
”i always said he was off his rocker,” said ron, looking quite
impressed at how crazy his hero was.
”so eo you two?” said harry.
”well, i got back all right,” said hermiht ron
round -- that took a while -- and to the owlery
to bledore whe him irance hall --
he already k said, harrys goer him, hasnt
he? ao the third floor.”
”dyou think he me